Research Article

Increased Responsiveness to Toll-Like Receptor 4 Stimulation in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Patients with Recent Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 1

Clinical characteristic of patients.

Rheumatoid arthritisOsteoarthrosisHealthy control

Female/male6 /17/06/1
Age in years (median; range) 56 (35–68)59 (53–75)32 (27–55)
aCCP in IU/mL (mean ± SD)68,76 ± 47,174,02 ± 5,79Not done
CRP mg/l (mean ± SD)12 ± 66 ± 0Not done
DAS28 (median; min-max)4,2 (1,96–6,27)n/an/a